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Wine Description
The Story
CHARACTER OF THE RICHEBOURG / The robe, or colour, is feminine, the nose masculine. The mouth is full of life with an incomparable richness, a generosity which is sometimes overwhelming. To the Eye
Everything depends on the vintage and the age of the bottle. A Richebourg can be a velvety ruby colour or a dark nocturnal red, shading towards blackish purple. The colour is always intense and dense, luminous and shot through with gleams of car...
Vintage 1991
The 1991 vintage in Burgundy is celebrated as a classic "insider" vintage—a dark-horse success story that dramatically outperformed neighboring Bordeaux and defied a spring frost to produce fragrant, beautifully structured, and highly terroir-expressive red wines.
Growing Conditions & Climate
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Spring Frost: Similar to Bordeaux, a severe frost in late April struck Burgundy, killing early shoots and drastically reducing potential yiel...